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Beware Slippery Slopes

Dean HammerWhat would the Romans say about giving up freedom for the sake of security? According to Dean Hammer, they’d warn us to be wary of slippery slopes. The John…

Does Community-Based Learning Teach?

Susan DicklitchFranklin & Marshall College, Niagara University and Rhodes College have received a $280,712 grant from the Teagle Foundation to study the long-term educational benefits of community-based learning. The schools…

Cycling Takes Off at F&M

Rob Burnett '12 captains the team.It may be the most unusual reason for applying to Franklin & Marshall College. Roads. When Rob Burnett ’12 of Denver, Colo., was thinking about…

Gov. Rendell Endorses Rail Yard Move with $10 Million Grant


Katrina's Lessons

He watched his world fall apart. Now Jed Horne wonders what lessons can be learned from failure. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jed Horne will discuss “Learning from Katrina: Disaster as a Laboratory…

Blair a Leader in Bioinformatics

Jaime E. BlairThe Diplomat begins an occasional series on new tenure-track faculty. This is the first in the series. In her lab, Jaime E. Blair shows off petri dishes caked…

In Small Things Remembered

Mary Ann LevineBaking under the hot summer sun, Franklin & Marshall students have searched for pieces of the past in the dark soil of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. For two summers,…

Keane on Problems Facing Obama

Retired Army Gen. John Keane, an early advocate of the troop surge in Iraq, comes to Franklin & Marshall College on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Barshinger Center…

Talk About Faith

Susan MinasianChristyne McCutchen ’11 has discussed it with her friends, but it stopped there. Brad Nelson ’12 hasn’t spoken to anyone about it. He’d like to, but how to start…

Five Years IMPACTing Campus

Dawan Buie '10 and Patrick Delisser '09Intelligent Men of Color Purposefully Accomplishing College Together. Founded in 2004 to give men of color a social network at Franklin & Marshall College,…